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USA Has More Open Wi-Fi Hotspots Than EU

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-password-is-passw0rd dept.

Mark.JUK writes "Some 40% of wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access hotspots in the USA are unlocked and do not require a security password, which compares with 25% in Europe; according to WeFi based statistics. Across the world, approximately 30% of recorded Wi-Fi access points are unlocked, while some 70% are locked. Nice to see everybody taking security so seriously, then. It should be perfectly possible to 'share' Wi-Fi while using WPA or WPA2 security measures at the same time."

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  1. USA! USA! USA! by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, number one, baby!

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Re:Maths Lesson by bakawolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    WEP?

  3. Are there really more open hotspots? by olsmeister · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or does the USA just have a higher percentage?

  4. Well yeah by argStyopa · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the MOST unlocked hotspots? SWEET.

    The fact that most of them connected to the web at something around 48kbps, not so sweet.

    We have the largest tin-can-and-string network IN THE WORLD, BITCHES.

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    -Styopa